Stenographic note positioning device



ug. 20, 1957 A. A. HUDAK STENOGRAPHIC NOTE POSITIONING DEVICE Filed June 7, 1955 V INVENTOR.

A/berfAJfuc/ak ATTORNE'Y United States Patent STENOGRAPHIC NOTE POSITIONING DEVICE Albert A. Hudak, Youngstown, Uhio Application June 7, 1955, Serial No. 513,769

2 Claims. (Cl. 120-32) This invention relates to a device for selectively positioning stenographic notes of the continuous tape type for reading and transcribing.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a simple and inexpensive device for continuously positioning stenographic notes for reading and transcribmg.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device for movably positioning stenographic notes for reading and transcribing and incorporating transparent guide members.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device for movably positioning stenographic notes for transcribing incorporating means for varying the position and angle of the portion of the device holding the notes.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device for continuously feeding a tape of stenographic notes beneath a transparent adjustable guide.

The device for movably positioning stenographic notes for reading and transcribing disclosed herein comprises an improvement in the art relating to such devices in that positive registry of the paper tape carrying the stemgraphic notes is insured by the provision of a pair of transparent plate-like guide members through which the paper tape carrying the stenographic notes continuously passes.

The device mounts the transparent guide members in spaced parallel relation and in an adjustable manner with respect to the remainder of the device so that the notes may be presented at a desired inclination and position for the transcriber.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for. purposes of the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the function and scope of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device for movably positioning stenographic notes.

Figure 2 is a side view of the device for movably positioning stenographic notes, showing note paper therein and dotted lines illustrating an alternate position of a portion of the device.

Figure 3 is a horizontal cross section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 44 of Figure 1.

By referring to the drawings and Figures 1 and 2 in particular it will be seen that the device for movably positioning stenographic notes for transcribing comprises a base 10, an enlarged end portion 11 of which supports a motor 12 having a driven shaft 13. A bracket 14 po- 2,803,217 Patented Aug. 20,1957

sitioned in upstanding relation on the base 10 adjacent the motor 12 has a pair of shafts 15 and 16 journaled therein and supports the same in outwardly extending relation with respect thereto.

The shafts 15 and 16 have rollers 17 and 18, respectively, secured thereto and the outermost ends of the shafts 15 and 16 have annular grooves 19 and 20 therein in which annular end pieces of a coil spring 21 are en gaged. The coil spring 21 serves to bias the rollers 17' and 18 toward one another. The opposite ends of the shafts 15 and 16 have pinion gears 22 and 23 secured thereto and the shaft 16 also has a driving gear 24 secured thereto adjacent the pinion 23. The pinions 22 and 23 are engaged and a secondary pinion 25 is positioned on the shaft 13 of the motor 12 and engaged with the driving gear 24.

Thus, rotating motion of the shaft 13 as occasioned by the motor 12 will revolve the rollers 17 and 18 in opposite directions and cause paper tape threaded therebetween to be moved thereby.

In Figure 2 of the drawings a directional arrow indicates the direction of the tape when moved by the rollers 17 and 18, as aforesaid.

The opposite end of the base 10 has an upstanding end portion 26 thereon to one side of which is pivoted an arm 27 by means of a shaft 23, the outer end of which is threaded and upon which threaded end an adjustment nut 29 is positioned. Thus, the arm 27 may be secured in various positions with respect to the upstanding end portion 26 by moving the same about the shaft 28. It may be secured in such various positions by tightening of the adjustment nut 29.

The arm 27 extends toward the rollers 17 and 18 and carries a shaft 30 transversely thereof. The shaft 30 supports an elongated round body member 31, as best seen in Figure 4 of the drawings. The end of the shaft 31) extending through the arm 27 is threaded and a secondary adjustment nut 3'2 is engaged thereon so that the relative position of the elongated round body member 31 may be varied with respect to the arm 27.

The elongated round body member 31 is positioned parallel to the upstanding end 26 and in spaced relation thereto and serves to mount one end of a lower transparent guide 33, a curved end portion 34 of which is partially wrapped around the elongated round body member 31 and secured thereto by fasteners 35.

The lower transparent guide 33 is generally rectangular in shape and extends outwardly from the elongated body member 31, as best seen in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, and its outer opposite end is inturned as at 36 and it is provided with a plurality of upstanding circular bosses 3737 adjacent its longitudinal edges, which upstanding circular bosses 3737 comprise spacers and fasteners for an upper transparent guide 38, the opposite ends of which are upturned as at 39 and 55] and which is provided adjacent its longitudinal edges with openings 41 registering over the fastener portions of the upstanding circular bosses 3737, heretofore referred to.

It will thus be seen that the upper and lower transparent guides 38 and 33 are spaced with respect to one another and form, With the combination bosses and fasteners 37, guide means through which a paper tape such as produced by a stenographic note printing machine as known in the art may be conveniently and accurately passed.

In Figure 2 of the drawings a folded strip of paper T is shown in position on the base 10 alongside the bracket 14 and beneath the transparent guides 33 and 33 with one end of the paper tape T extending upwardly between the transparent guides 3338 and emerging at the upper ends thereof and engaged by the rollers 17 and 18. As the paper tape T emerges from the rollers 17 and 18 it will automatically reposition itself in a folded stack, as para tially illustrated at the left end of Figure 2 of the drawlngs.

Those skilled in the art will note that the folded paper tape T is that produced by conventional stenographic note printing machines. The transparent guides 33 and 38 are separable, the guide 38 being readily removed upwardly and away from the guide 33 by disengaging the openings 41 therein from the fastener portions of the combination round spacers and fasteners 37 and the tape may thus be conveniently and quickly positioned in the machine for use.

The arm 27 being movable on the shaft 28 and the trans parent guides 33 and 38 being pivotally movable with respect to the arm 27 makes it possible for the location of the transparent guides 33 and 38 to be varied to suit the convenience of the user, one such alternate position being shown in broken lines in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The motor 12 is energized from a power circuit preferably including a foot operated rheostat so that the motor may be stopped and started or run at such speed as desired by the user and whereby the paper tape T is advanced through the guides 33 and 38 under the complete control of the user thereby resulting in the increased reading and transcription speed as the user is able to type continuously without the necessity of stopping and repositioning the notes as has heretofore been believed necessary.

It will thus be seen that the stenographic note positioning device disclosed herein meets the several objects of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

l. A device for movably positioning stenographic notes in tape form for transcribing comprising a base having an offset end portion, an upstanding bracket on said oifset end portion, a pair of rollers journaled in said upstanding bracket and means on said offset end portion for rotating said rollers in opposite directions, an upstanding end portion on the opposite end of said base, an arm pivotally secured to one side of said upstanding end portion and extending toward said upstanding bracket in spaced relation to said base and offset with respect thereto, an elongated cross sectionally round member pivotally secured to said arm in spaced relation to said upstanding end portion and lying above and spaced with respect to said base,

a rectangular guide having a curved end portion secured to said elongated round member, the opposite end of said rectangular guide being curved downwardly and inwardly, a plurality of round spacing and fastening members positioned on said rectangular guide adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof, a secondary rectangular guide of transparent material having openings therein adjacent its longitudinal edges registering with said spacing and fastening members, the opposite ends of said secondary rectangular guide being curved upwardly, the area be tween said guides comprising a shallow elongated passageway for said paper tape.

2. A device for movably positioning stenographic notes in tape form for transcribing comprising a base, support means on one end of said base, a pair of rollers journaled in said support means and extending transversely of said base in spaced relation thereto, means for rotating said rollers in opposite directions, secondary support means secured to the opposite end of said base, said secondary support means including an arm pivotally attached thereto, an elongated member having one end rotatably attached to said arm and extending transversely of said base in spaced relation thereto, a rectangular guide having an end portion secured to said elongated member, the opposite end of said rectangular guide being curved downwardly and inwardly, a plurality of spacing and fastening members positioned on said rectangular guide adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof, a secondary rectangular guide of transparent material having means adjacent its longitudinal edges registering with said spacing and fastening members, the opposite ends of said secondary rectangular guide being curved upwardly, the area between said guides comprising a shallow elongated passageway for said paper tape.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,892,745 BOlich Jan. 3, 1933 2,216,334 Akin Oct. 1, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS 580,349 Great Britain n Sept. 4, 1946 

